A4-6300B vs A4-5300

Place in performance ranking	2415	2435
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Value for money	0.06	0.03
Market segment	Desktop processor	Desktop processor
Series	AMD A-Series (Desktop)	no data
Architecture codename	Trinity (2012−2013)	Richland (2013−2014)
Release date	2 October 2012 (11 years ago)	1 June 2013 (10 years ago)
Current price	$49	$161

Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

A4-5300 has 100% better value for money than A4-6300B.

Technical specs

A4-5300 and A4-6300B basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores	2 (Dual-core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	2	2
Base clock speed	3.4 GHz	3.7 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.6 GHz	3.9 GHz
L1 cache	128K (per core)	96K
L2 cache	1 MB (per core)	1 MB (shared)
L3 cache	0 KB	no data
Chip lithography	32 nm	32 nm
Die size	246 mm²	246 mm²
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	70 °C	70 °C
Number of transistors	1,178 million	1,303 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	no data
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on A4-5300 and A4-6300B compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Socket	FM2	FM2
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A4-5300 and A4-6300B. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	DDR3-1600 RAM, PCIe 2, MMX (+), SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, AES, AVX, XOP, FMA3, FMA4	no data
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	+	+
AVX	+	+
PowerNow	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A4-5300 and A4-6300B are enumerated here.

AMD-V

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A4-5300 and A4-6300B. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR3

DDR3-1600

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

AMD Radeon HD 7480D

Radeon HD 8370D

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A4-5300 and A4-6300B.

PCIe version

no data

2.0

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

A4-5300 0.88
+2.3%

A4-6300B 0.86

A4-5300 outperforms A4-6300B by 2% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

A4-5300 1364
+2.7%

A4-6300B 1328

A4-5300 outperforms A4-6300B by 3% in Passmark.